It’s a treat to revisit Beauty And The Beast with this 3D conversion

Film review: The 3D conversion of Beauty And The Beast is entirely unnecessary, but it’s a treat to revisit this charming Disney classic.

Beauty and the Beast is back in 3D (Picture: Disney)

A dizzily silly accompanying cartoon short involving a horse, a chameleon and two wedding rings is the real new bonus feature of this Disney rerun – the 3D conversion being entirely unnecessary aside from parting you from more cash.

That said, it’s a treat to revisit this charming 1991 instalment from ‘once upon a time in faraway land’.

Early sequences involving slapstick villagers feel almost crude but the animated magic truly takes off once the bookish Belle is imprisoned in the Beast’s gloweringly Expressionist castle.

Heavy on the musical numbers, this ‘tale as old as time/song as old as rhyme’ can teeter on the Andrew Lloyd Webber, but Angela Lansbury as a singing teapot remains inspired casting.